Jul 9, 2022 · I've tried Googling the difference between a turn and mordent, but all the answers are really vague. I also couldn't find any helpful images that explain to me.

Apr 14, 2018 · The following are bars 34 and 35 of Chopin's Waltz in A minor (op. posth.) If I understand the notation correctly, the mordent in bar 34 should be played C#, D, C#. Why is it denoted differently th...

Mar 15, 2015 · The countersubject trill's auxiliary creates an open fifth with the subject's note; Czerny's mordent creates a third, and that would probably have been more to the taste of the early 19th century, that and the fact that the trill requires repeating the preceding C.

Feb 23, 2019 · The auxiliary note is the next note in the key: a mordent goes to G, a reverse mordent to E natural. If the composer wants a note outside the key you'll see an accidental above the mordent symbol.

Nov 25, 2022 · I recently learned of the upper mordent. (first ornament in this image from Wikipedia) To me, it looks identical to the trill from the table of ornaments I'm familiar with: When encountering this symbol, how do you determine whether it is an upper mordent or a trill?

Oct 2, 2020 · So I the difference here is the mordent in the 4th beat of the first two bars. I remember it being a (normal) mordent, but in my sister's book, it's an inverted one. Here is my question. Why are there two different versions? Is there a single correct version? According to Wikipedia, it says that in the Baroque period, the mordent was a lower ...

Jul 17, 2020 · The term you have to research is (trill, mordent, praller): the trill = upper changing note, mordent = lower changing note. Here‘s the result of my google research: In the free downloadable editions of Bach‘s keyboard music the ornaments and their performance in the time of the composer are described in the foreword. The use and performance of the ornaments (up or down, semi tone or whole ...

Jun 28, 2016 · In this arrangement of Wachet Auf, there are quite a few mordents sprinkled around, as well as trills and grace notes. I understand most of them, but in the middle of this excerpt, right before the bar line, there is a mordent that appears to the left of the F, instead of over it. Does it mean the same as a mordent over a note? And what about ...

Jan 2, 2024 · I'm trying to play Brahms' Hungarian dance №11 and there is a technical question. How do I play a mordent from the 4th measure? Whether both notes should be played with mordent or just the upper one?

Dec 26, 2023 · This symbol from Les Baricades Mistérieuses, Couperin, 1717 is after the volta number 1. From recordings I can only guess a mordent. I've checked various music dictionaries and done several reverse